After a shaky start to the game, the New Orleans Saints got things going towards the end of the first half, and dominated the Buffalo Bills from that point on.
With Kenny Stills and Jimmy Graham each catching two touchdowns, and Lan..

It certainly hasn’t been their best half of football for the New Orleans Saints, who have had had a difficult time marching the ball down the field more most of the half, even without three penalties by Drew Brees (2 False Starts, 1..

Coming off of a bye week, the New Orleans Saints (5-1) host the Buffalo Bills (3-4) in the Superdome! After a controversial first loss of the season in Foxborough, the Saints should be looking to put their foot down against their third third AFC East opponent of the 2013 season

For those fans not fortunate enough to enjoy the game in person, here is how you can catch all the action on the field:

Buffalo Bills Head Coach Doug Marrone was the Offensive Coordinator for the New Orleans Saints from 2006-08. He also played for the Saints in 1989.

Buffalo Director of Player Personnel Jim Monos was an Area Scout for New Orleans from 2005-12.

Saints CB Jabari Greer entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Bills in 2004, and played in Buffalo for five seasons (2004-08).

The first time the Bills and Saints played was in 1973, and the Bills were one of five wins for New Orleans that season.

Marques Colston currently sits at 7,718 career receiving yards… trailing the all time Saints leader in receiving yards (Eric Martin, 7854) by 136 yards. Although we’ve been following the Colston Countdown here at CSC all season, Sean Payton was made aware of the upcoming record during a press conference earlier this week.

When they take the field on Sunday against the Buffalo Bills, the New Orleans Saints will be looking to go 5-0 in their last five regular season games coming off a bye week. Since Sean Payton took over as the head coach in 2006, the..

So it’s been a couple of weeks, and — despite the requests that I share these before the games — I admittedly wrestled with whether or not to do so. But, given that we’ve only lost one of the three times that I’ve posted them, I ..

Warning: If you don’t look at things with an open mind and don’t feasibly understand why trading Jimmy Graham could have an upside, turn back now.

During the bye week I wrote a post debating whether Drew Brees is becoming too Jimmy-dependent and our buddy J.R. Ella proposed the idea of trading Jimmy Graham away. Both of these topics are pretty dang controversial, but I’ll admit, I never expected some of the close-minded comments that tagged along.

C’mon, Saints fans. Let’s be real here

Let’s start out with the fact that the NFL is a business. In this day and age, nobody is safe on a roster no matter how good they are. A player could be the league leading receiver one year and then two years later be cut and sent to the streets or traded away for picks. If you don’t understand this, then I don’t blame you for not getting why Jimmy would be given up.

If you don’t believe me, take a look at what is known as “The Trade.” In 1989, the Cowboys decided to trade Herschel Walker, arguably the best college football player of all time, on a whim. After only three seasons with the club, Walker packed his things and was shipped to the Minnesota Vikings.

Dallas traded Walker plus four draft picks to the Vikings for five players and eight draft picks, two of which were spent on Darren Woodson and Emmitt Smith; both turned out to be key to Dallas’ Super Bowl victories and went on to be all-time greats. Nobody knew how this trade would work out in the end when it was developed. Minnesota figured they were a star running back away from a Super Bowl and Dallas was desperately trying to turn their season around.

Similarly, the Cleveland Browns traded away their second year star running back Trent Richardson to the Colts for a first round pick just a couple of games into the 2013 season. Pundits thought the Browns were absolutely insane. They traded a running back that sports a 3.4 yards per carry average in his career and just 3.1 in 2013. Mark Ingram’s career average is 3.8 per clip and if someone offered the Saints a first round pick for him I would be extremely interested to know what illegal substance was being used.

Teams use trades such as ones like that of Herschel and Richardson to build for the future. The Boys got three first rounders and three seconds in their deal and the Browns picked up a first. They will be able to draft a quarterback that they are in desperate need of, plus use their original pick to snag a defensive or offensive playmaker. Bill Belichick has been using the formula of acquiring draft picks to build depth for over a decade and he has created a dynasty in the Patriots that includes appearing in five Super Bowls and winning three of them.

New Orleans doesn’t need Graham to have a topflight offense, but they could use him to build a topflight defense.

If someone was offering Mickey Loomis the right deal, say a pair of firsts and a pair of seconds for Jimmy, why would it be so wrong for him to consider it? That’s right, it wouldn’t. Think of how big the Saints would become on draft day with a first round pick (plus others) from a team like Jacksonville or Oakland, who both will likely have top ten picks. They could package picks in another deal for a stud in return or draft a defensive monster like Jadaveon Clowney or, get this, add an offensive weapon such as Mike Evans from Texas A&M who would be just as deadly as Graham. Oh, and don’t forget they will be back with a pair of picks in the second round. Crazy how that works isn’t it?

By no means am I saying that Jimmy is (or should be) on the trading block, or that he isn’t a part of the team’s future plans. But to say that it would be stupid to trade him for a huge return value is ludicrous, especially when you figure the Saints would probably have to cut a third of their team to make cap room for his monstrous new deal. NFL general managers have to and will look into every deal that is proposed or else they could miss out on a chance to better their team in the long run.

Dave Cariello: The Bills defense isn’t great overall statistically on paper, but they’re sneaky good and to be respected, including a great pass rush and a good secondary. What’s the best way for the Saints’ offense to attack?
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The bye week is officially over so it’s time to get back to our regularly scheduled Friday afternoon prediction contest.
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Without a doubt, the Saints will be heavy favorites when the Buffalo Bills come calling this weekend, but keeping Drew Brees upright may become a bigger challenge than on most game days.
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